When their vocalist quit in 1970, he got his chance. With the addition of bassist John Deacon the following year, they dubbed themselves Queen-Mercury's idea.
I was the master of ceremonies on the bed, y'know, and I was on with real Greenwich Village acts, y'know, myself and an eskimo vocalist, who sang Night and Day six months at a time.
You know, I geek out as a vocalist but also it's like her breath, her use of breath in all of her music, breath is how we know we're alive, right, and you hear it.